Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time taken to process GP applications to the medical performers list is; and what steps he is taking to reduce that time.

The information requested is not held by the Department.

NHS England is responsible for commissioning primary care services for the population of England, and managing entry to Performers Lists.

NHS England aims to have all applications to join the Performers List completed within a 12-week period.

In 2018 NHS England is introducing an online application system to join the Performers List, which is expected to reduce the average processing time.